The perfect tense with avoir
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Revision of time expressions 1
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Introduction to the perfect tense with avoir 2
So
how
do also
you
talk
might
know
You
already
know
To do this you use
about
something
that
how
to
talk
about
the perfect
has
already
happened,
something
that
will
what
is happening
tense…
for
example
lastfuture…
year?
happen
in the
now…
Hier
j’ai joué
au jouer
foot.
–au
Demain
je vais
Je joue
souvent
au foot.
Yesterday
I played
foot.
– Tomorrow
I’m
– I often
play
football.
football.
going to play football.
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Introduction to the perfect tense with avoir 3
Can you match the infinitives below with their translation?
When you have done it, write the je form of the perfect
tense for each and note what it means.
Infinitive
Meaning
Perfect tense
Meaning
parler
trouver
porter
danser
travailler
dessiner
to
tospeak
draw
totodance
find
to
tospeak
wear
totodance
find
to wear
work
to draw
work
j’ai parlé
j’ai trouvé
j’ai porté
j’ai dansé
j’ai travaillé
j’ai dessiné
I spoke
I found
I wore
I danced
I worked
I drew
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Introduction to the perfect tense with avoir 4
The perfect tense is made
up of:
1) The present tense of avoir
ai joué au hockey.
J’ai
2) The past participle.
When we use it to make the perfect tense, we call avoir the
auxiliary verb.
The second verb ending in -é (joué / mangé etc.)
is called the past participle.
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Revising avoir 1
Obviously, you will sometimes want
to talk about someone other than
yourself! It might be a good idea to
remind yourself of all the different
parts of avoir.
J’
Tu
Il
Elle
On
Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles
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ai
as
a
a
a
avons
avez
ont
ont
mangé
mangé
mangé
mangé
mangé
mangé
mangé
mangé
mangé
I ate
You ate
He ate
She ate
We ate
We ate
You ate
They ate
They ate
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Revising avoir 2
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Revising avoir 3
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The perfect tense of -er verbs 1
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The perfect tense of -er verbs 2
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The perfect tense of -er verbs 3
Now make up five sentences of your own.
Write the English next to each one.
J’
Tu
Il
Elle
On
Nous
Vous
Ils
Elles
ai
des frites
le week-end dernier.
avons
vendredi dernier.
trouvé
joué
au rugby
a
ont
la télé
une maison
regardé
une voiture
avez
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€10,00
un t-shirt bleu dessiné
acheté
as
la semaine dernière.
mangé
l’année dernière.
mon ami il y a une semaine.
un match de foot porté
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The perfect tense of -er verbs 4
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The perfect tense of -er verbs 5
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The perfect tense of -ir verbs 1
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The perfect tense of -ir verbs 2
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The perfect tense of -re verbs 1
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The perfect tense of -re verbs 2
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The perfect tense of regular verbs
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Irregular verbs in the perfect tense 1
Before we looknot
at all
irregular
Unfortunately,
verbs
verbs,
can you
remember
are
regular
in the
perfect the
patterns for regular verbs?
tense.
-er verbs (eg jouer – to play)
j’ai joué
take off the -er ending
and add é
-ir verbs (eg finir – to finish)
j’ai fini
take off the -ir ending
and add i
-re verbs (eg attendre – to wait)
j’ai attendu
take off the -re ending
and add u
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Irregular verbs in the perfect tense 2
infinitive
perfect
avoir
boire
croire
devoir
dire
écrire
être
faire
lire
mettre
pouvoir
prendre
recevoir
voir
vouloir
j’ai eu
I have eaten
j’ai bu
I have drunk
j’ai cru
I have believed
j’ai dû
I had to
j’ai dit
I have said
j’ai écrit
I have written
j’ai été
I have been
j’ai fait
I have done
j’ai lu
I have read
j’ai mis
I have put (on)
j’ai pu I have been able to
j’ai pris
I have taken
j’ai reçu
I have received
I have seen
j’ai vu
j’ai voulu I have wanted (to)
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meaning
Here are some
more of the most
common irregular
verbs in the
perfect tense.
Can you fill
in the 3rd
column?
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